republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2024/hb-1950.md

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Bill	RELATING TO KIMCHI DAY.	Designates November 22 of each year as "Kimchi Day" in the State.	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2024	HB 1950	Hawaii HB 1950 (2024)	bill	Kimchi Day November 22	enacted	AIU AMATO HUSSEY-BURDICK ICHIYAMA ILAGAN KAPELA KONG LA CHICA LOWEN MARTEN MATAYOSHI MORIKAWA NISHIMOTO PERRUSO POEPOE TAKAYAMA TAM TARNAS	1	24	3	2024-01-19	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f2942b82-62c7-4251-913d-33c11614812e	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1950&year=2024	414cbdf5e80c4eaca032d460e28c7a0e9146528bfd84272ef21f5bdea4b1e4f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1950 (2024) — RELATING TO KIMCHI DAY.

Designates November 22 of each year as "Kimchi Day" in the State.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB1950 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• AIU — primary (person)
• AMATO — primary (person)
• HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• ILAGAN — primary (person)
• KAPELA — primary (person)
• KONG — primary (person)
• LA CHICA — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• POEPOE — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-04-22 Act 008, 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). became-law
• 2024-04-19 Act 008, on 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). became-law
• 2024-04-04 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2024-04-04 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 474).
• 2024-04-04 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2024-04-03 One Day Notice 4-4-24.
• 2024-04-03 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3479) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2024-03-19 The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-15 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-24 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
• 2024-03-07 Referred to TCA. referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2024-03-01 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 28). introduction, receipt
• 2024-02-29 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2024-02-29 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 734-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2024-02-16 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama, Holt, Souza. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-16-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2024-02-02 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Alcos, Gates, Kila, Nakashima excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Reported from CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 15-24), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2024-01-31 The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Matayoshi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Alcos. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI on Wednesday, 01-31-24 10:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2024-01-24 Referred to CAI, JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-19 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2942b82-62c7-4251-913d-33c11614812e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).